>>*** start.prg
>>oApp=createobject('app')
>>
>>Define class app as custom
>> .msgtitle="System Error"
>>enddefine
>>
>>*** some snippet
>>=messagebox("Cannot Proceed",1+16,oApp.msgtitle)
>Thanks Ed..
>
>OK - Does that mean I define a class as "application class"? and
>in that class, have a property called "msgtitle"?
>
>rob

You define a class as Custom (app is just an appropriate title), and this class may have msgtitle property and any other else you may define, e.g. path to data folder.